Rumor: Sony will launch new LinkBuds headphones this year, WH-1000XM6 next year

There is some good news for fans of Sony headphones, but also some bad news. Good news first – Sony might introduce the second generation of LinkBuds and LinkBuds S later this year.

Bad news – the next generation of flagship buds and over-ear headphones, the Sony WF-1000XM6 and the WH-1000XM6, will not be out in 2024. Instead, Sony may be targeting the first six months of next year.

Sony announced the WH-1000XM4 in mid 2020, the XM5 came in mid-2022. This suggests a two-year gap for the XM6 successor, but as @INSIDERSONY points out, there has been no news from the FCC, which will have…